Do you sell to the European Union? Are you ready for REACH?

European Union REACH Webinar (Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals)November 6, 2008 - 10:00 AM Central (90 minutes) -  Place:  WEBINAR, your office or home computer!   Fee: $50 payable by credit card

This is NOT just a concern for the chemicals industry, but ALL mnufactured goods, including environmental technologies, energy, aerospace, medical and pharmaceutical, automotive, electronics, textiles, cosmetics -- all products.

REACH is a major overhaul of the European Union's chemical management regime and extends to products made with chemicals and having chemicals in their components as well as chemicals producers. 

The EU's REACH pre-registration deadline is December 1, 2008, so it is important to prepare now. REACH compliance will be key to avoid trade disruptions and to remain present and competitive in the EU market.

To help you prepare and comply with this important regulation, join our relevant speakers in a European Union REACH Webinar to learn more. Mr. Val Houston is the Deputy Senior Commercial Officer for the U.S. Commercial Service at the U.S. Mission to the EU. Ms. Flavie Guerin is Commercial Specialist at the U.S. Commercial Service at the U.S. Mission to the EU. Dr. Spencer Williams is a Health Scientist and the principal officer in charge of REACH consulting with ChemRisk in Houston.

This webinar will address important questions surrounding REACH including: deadlines & timelines; preregistration; the Candidate List; new developments in REACH; and appointing Only Representatives.  

To register or get more details, please click here: http://www.buyusa.gov/europe/team_events.html

This webinar is being offered by the U.S. Department of Commerce's Europe Team and the U.S. Mission to the European Union.

MANDATORY ELECTRONIC SED FILING, EFFECTIVE OCT. 1

The U.S. Census Bureau has issued the final rule, which requires mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or through the AES Direct for all shipments where a Shipper’s Export Declaration (SED) is required. For details on this important rule, see: http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/aes/mandatory/index.html

ONLINE GUIDE TO FOREIGN TRADE REGULATIONS

The U.S. Census Bureau has published a useful online guide to the Foreign Trade Regulations that may help to answer many of those “technical” questions that come up. The guide is helpful in understanding rules and requirements under the Electronic Export Information filing system that has replaced the Shipper’s Export Declarations.

 To view, go to http://www.census.gov/foreign-trade/regulations/regs/flipper/index/html